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EC 6.3.4.20     
Accepted name: 7-cyano-7-deazaguanine synthase
Reaction: 7-carboxy-7-carbaguanine + NH3 + ATP = 7-cyano-7-carbaguanine + ADP + phosphate + H2O
For diagram of queuine biosynthesis, click here
Glossary: preQ0 = 7-cyano-7-carbaguanine = 7-cyano-7-deazaguanine
7-carboxy-7-carbaguanine = 7-carboxy-7-deazaguanine
Other name(s): preQ0 synthase; 7-cyano-7-carbaguanine synthase; queC (gene name)
Systematic name: 7-carboxy-7-carbaguanine:ammonia ligase (ADP-forming)
Comments: Binds Zn2+. The reaction is part of the biosynthesis pathway of queuosine.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB
References:
1.  McCarty, R.M., Somogyi, A., Lin, G., Jacobsen, N.E. and Bandarian, V. The deazapurine biosynthetic pathway revealed: in vitro enzymatic synthesis of preQ0 from guanosine 5′-triphosphate in four steps. Biochemistry 48 (2009) 3847–3852. [DOI] [PMID: 19354300]
2.  Cicmil, N. and Huang, R.H. Crystal structure of QueC from Bacillus subtilis: an enzyme involved in preQ1 biosynthesis. Proteins 72 (2008) 1084–1088. [DOI] [PMID: 18491386]
[EC 6.3.4.20 created 2012]
 
 


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